Shen Yanshu practiced swords in the courtyard, and her spirit was much better today, so she practiced for a few more hours, and it was already noon in a blink of an eye.

Qinglan brought lunch into the courtyard and called: "Princess, it's time for lunch, let's rest." ”

Shen Yanshu stopped, handed the sword in his hand to the green kite on the side, and took her towel, breathing a little heavily.

She washed her face, then sat down at the table, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Where's Ah Qi?"

Qingyuan and Qinglan both shook their heads: "I haven't seen him since yesterday." ”

Shen Yanshu was suddenly stunned, no wonder she felt weird, Ah Qi didn't come back yesterday, and he didn't come back today until almost noon, couldn't something happen......?

"Mojiang. Shen Yanshu suddenly shouted.

Mo Jiang fell from the tree, clasped his fists and saluted, "What does the princess command?"

"Take someone to Shen's house to have a look, and let Ah Qi come back first. Shen Yanshu said, she always felt a little strange, and she couldn't say what was wrong, so she could only ask Mo Jiang to take someone to find Ah Qi.

Mo Jiang answered yes and turned around and left the courtyard.

Qing Kite said: "Did the princess ask Ah Qi to help the fourth lady? Since it is in the Shen family, there should be no incident." ”

Shen Yanshu also thought so at the beginning, but Ah Qi is not such an ignorant person, now that he has been out for so long, he should come back to report it, even if he can't find out any results, but he will come back to report after a certain time.

Thinking of this, she was in no mood to eat, so she hurriedly ate a few bites of food and asked Qinglan to withdraw.

Recalling the details of Shen Xi'er talking to her yesterday, she suddenly felt that something was wrong.

After waiting in the palace for more than an hour, Mojiang came back.

Shen Yanshu sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, and when she saw Mo Jiang coming forward to salute, she asked, "Where is Ah Qi?"

Mo Jiang lowered his head and said: "The subordinates didn't find him! And the subordinates searched for him in the vicinity of the Shen family, and also sent a secret message, but there was no response from him." ”

Shen Yanshu immediately stood up from the stool and said in disbelief: "How is it possible!"

Mo Jiang said: "It's the incompetence of his subordinates, and I really can't find Ah Qi." ”

His words gave Shen Yanshu a little headache, Shen Yanshu rubbed her head with her hand, recalling what Shen Xi'er said yesterday, her eyes suddenly widened, as if she had thought of something, and immediately turned around and walked towards the door of the mansion, saying, "Come with me to the Shen Mansion." ”

She didn't choose to take a sedan chair, but led the horse and headed towards the Shen family.

Seeing Shen Yanshu coming over on horseback, he stopped in front of the gate of the mansion and turned over and dismounted, and the guards guarding the door all stepped forward and saluted: "Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Shen Yanshu asked, "Can the fourth sister be in the mansion?"

"The fourth lady didn't go out today. The guard said.

Shen Yanshu asked again: "What about grandfather and father?"

The guards said, "The old man and the second master haven't come back yet." ”

Shen Yanshu didn't ask anything more, and walked directly into the Shen family.

The subordinates of the Shen Mansion were all startled when they looked at Shen Yanshu who suddenly appeared, and then saluted one after another, Shen Yanshu ignored it and walked quickly to the courtyard where Shen Xi'er was.

Shen Xi'er is the daughter of the big house, the location of the courtyard is good, but it is not biased, Shen Yanshu quickly walked over.

When she entered the courtyard, she saw Shen Xi'er and Shen Baozhu practicing their piano skills in the courtyard.

"Third sister!" Shen Baozhu saw Shen Yanshu come in, stood up, and asked in surprise, "Why did you come back?" Why didn't you notify me, my grandfather and second uncle had gone out to work and hadn't come back yet. ”

Shen Yanshu stepped forward, looked at Shen Xi'er and said, "No need, I'm here to find Xi'er." ”

Shen Xi'er stood up and looked at Shen Yanshu, her eyes dodging slightly.

Shen Yanshu looked at Shen Baozhu and said, "Sixth sister, go back first, there are some things I want to talk to the fourth sister alone." ”

Hearing her say this, Shen Baozhu looked at the two of them with some doubts, but still listened to Shen Yanshu's words, saluted the two sisters, and then withdrew from the courtyard.

Shen Yanshu's eyes looked at the maid waiting behind Shen Xi'er again, and the maid saluted knowingly and withdrew.

Now there are only two people left in the courtyard, Shen Yanshu and Shen Xi'er, and the atmosphere is quiet and terrifying.

"Fourth sister doesn't want to say something?" asked Shen Yanshu.

Shen Xi'er was slightly stunned, and said in a low voice: "What can I say......"

Shen Yanshu said lightly: "Of course, why did you lie to me? Also, where did my guards go?"

"I didn't lie to you!" Shen Xi'er retorted, "What I said is true, what kind of guards you are talking about, I don't know." ”

Shen Yanshu's eyes revealed a chill, and said: "I helped you because I regarded you as a sister, but you used this to deceive me, and in the future, I will only treat you as a sister." ”

When Shen Xi'er heard this, her eyes showed hesitation, but she still insisted and said: "I didn't lie to you, I was really targeted!"

Shen Yanshu looked at her appearance of refusing to admit it, stepped forward lightly, walked to her side, looked into her eyes and asked, "Then why don't you go and tell your grandfather, don't you tell your eldest sister, you must come to me?

"Because...... Because you are now Princess Ling, you naturally have more power and power than your grandfather and eldest sister, so I thought of going to you. Shen Xi'er explained.

"Bang-"

Shen Yanshu slapped his palm on the table hard, making a huge noise, making Shen Xi'er's frightened body tremble slightly, and he looked at the angry Shen Yanshu in front of him with some horror.

She shouted angrily to Shen Xi'er: "Tell the truth!"

Her appearance scared Shen Xi'er a lot, and Shen Xi'er cried directly and said, "Third sister...... I really didn't mean to, I was forced too! I didn't mean to target my sister's ......."

"What the hell is going on, tell me clearly!" Shen Yanshu asked.

Shen Xi'er was so frightened that she cried and cried, and it took a long time to explain things clearly.

It turned out that she was frightened by someone pretending to be a ghost, it was true, she often felt that she was being followed, and she would hear strange sounds in the yard, but just a few days ago, her maid died suddenly, and the body was found in the lotus pond in the house, and the death was very miserable, and she returned to the room very sadly and found a letter.

The letter said that she should be asked to do something, if she didn't do it, she would end up like her personal maid, and she was not allowed to tell anyone else in the house, otherwise she would be killed!

Shen Xi'er was too scared, and felt that what was written in the letter didn't seem to be a difficult thing, so she agreed, and she didn't know anything else.